Chevy Cranks Up for SEMA

At the worldâ€™s largest convention of automotive aftermarket parts and accessories, the SEMA Show â€“Specialty Equipment Market Association â€“ one of the highlights is the Chevrolet display; and the chance for a sneak preview at the Media Party held on Monday night before SEMA opens.

Besides catching up with various executives and seeing some great cars, Chevrolet brings in a few celebrities to spice up the night.Â Fortunately these celebrities have straight connections to the cars featured at this press event.

This year NASCAR racers Ricky Carmichael (and AMA racer and X Games champ) and Jeff Gordon were there to delight the crowds. Some of the featured cars were:

Ricky Carmichael’s Chevy All-Activity Sonic concept

The All-Activity Sonic concept was introduced by Carmichael and had a cold air induction, a lowered suspension and enhanced braking.Spark EV Tech Performance concept

Ricky Carmichael’s Sonic

Chevy Spark EV Tech Performance concept

Chevy â€œpowered upâ€ this all-electric tire smoking mini-car, the Spark, with an instant on 400 lb-ft of torque â€“http://route66pubco.com/wp-admin/post-new.php more than the classic 1969 Camaro SS muscle car with a 350 V-8 â€“ for exhilarating acceleration. It can go from 0 to 60 mph in only 7.5 seconds.

Amped up Chevy Spark

2014 Chevy COPO

It seems that Chevrolet always has a new version of the legendary COPO drag cars for SEMA, and they didnâ€™t disappoint this year with a light blue version.Â Very well designed and ready for the drag strip as is.Â This year will feature new front and rear fascia and be limited to the fabled 69 cars.

2014 COPO Camaro

Gran Turismo C7 Corvette Stingray

A flat blue Corvette that will be featured in the latest version of Playstationâ€™s Gran Turismo was promoted.Â All week at the Chevy display show goers will be able to play an advanced version of the game.

Corvette Stingray from Gran Turismo

Restored 1978 pick up

This truck was a restored beauty and featured a new crate engine package from Chevy.Â The E ROD 5.3 L package is a plug and play emissions compliant powertrain.

Restored Chevy Pickup with E ROD power

Jeff Gordonâ€™s SS

His SS came with a red satin (flat) finish was an awesome car with subtle power touches.Â A LS3 engine and a 6 speed automatic transmission were the power plant for the SS.

Red Satin SS from Jeff Gordon

2014 Camaro Z28

The road worthy Z/28 in all black was released at this event.Â Featuring Brembo brakes, less weight and a LS7 engine helps make this track car a worthy competitor and lives up to its namesake.

Black Z/28

Transformers 4

Three cars from the 2014 Transformer movie were on hand to be admired; a new Bumble Bee Camaro, a Sonic and bright Green Corvette Stingray